The Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has stated the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) poses no critical problem to the ruling celebration forward of the 2027 normal election.
Yilwatda made the comment on Tuesday whereas talking on Channels Tv’s Politics Right this moment, the place he downplayed the political energy of key figures driving the opposition coalition below the ADC.
“ADC isn’t a match in any respect for the APC. For each one individual they’ve, we’ve got 5, six of them,” he stated.
He additionally dismissed the political weight of some opposition leaders, together with the ADC nationwide chairman and former Senate President, David Mark.
“If they’ve David Mark as former Senate President, we’ve got Ahmad Lawan, we’ve got two former Senate Presidents from the South East,” Yilwatda added.
The APC chairman rejected claims that the ruling celebration was below stress or threatened by the rising opposition coalition, insisting that the celebration was not forcing civil servants to hitch its ranks.
“We now have by no means requested anyone, we’ve got by no means appealed to any civil servant. No one has compelled any civil servant in a letter, verbal — you’ll be able to carry one video to that impact and I’ll apologise,” he stated.
He additional advised that allegations of compelled recruitment had been politically motivated.
“Perhaps the opposition is forcing civil servants so they’ll have numbers,” he added.
Yilwatda additionally stated the APC was not frightened by the calibre of opposition leaders reportedly aligning with the ADC, together with former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, former Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, former Anambra State governor and 2023 Labour Get together presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in addition to former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola.
In keeping with him, the regular inflow of governors from opposition events into the APC is proof that the ruling celebration stays the political drive to beat.
In a separate current interview on Belief TV, Yilwatda had accused opposition events of relying extra on media appearances than grassroots mobilisation.
“Opposition events spend extra time on TV speaking,” he stated.
“It’s not our responsibility to assist our enemies to develop. We will’t feed our enemies. It’s not our responsibility. They need to labour, they need to go to the streets,” he added.
Yilwatda stated the APC’s political energy was constructed largely by behind-the-scenes mobilisation throughout states, reasonably than public commentary on tv.
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